Eagle caught on camera in rare attack on a deer

Cameras positioned in Russian wilderness are designed to monitor movements of rare Siberian tigers, but this time they captured images of eagle sinking its talons into a fleeing deer

2:28 PM,
Sep. 26, 2013

In this photo taken from a remote camera at the Lazovsky State Nature Reserve in the Primorye region of Russiaís Far East on Dec. 8, 2011, a golden eagle attacks a deer. Remote cameras set up to track Siberian tigers in Russia have caught a golden eagle attack on a sika deer, snapping three photos as the massive bird digs its talons into the distressed animal's back.
(Photo: AP)

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Remote cameras intended to monitor Siberian tigers in Russia instead caught a golden eagle's fatal attack on a deer, snapping three photos as the massive bird dug its talons into the distressed animal's back.

London's Zoological Society, which distributed the pictures to journalists, said the sequence showed a rare but not unheard of attack by a golden eagle. The society's Linda Kerley said she first realized something was up when she approached the wildlife-monitoring device - also called a camera trap - and found a mangled deer carcass nearby. ...